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who abandonsהַעֹזֶבֶתthe companionאַלּוּףof her youth,נְעוּרֶיהָandוְthe covenantבְּרִיתof her Elohimאֱלֹהֶיהָhas forgotten.שָׁכֵחָה
Proverbs 2:17
Study it in the app“who abandons the companion of her youth, and the covenant of her Elohim has forgotten.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 2:17, word by word
- who abandonsעֹזֶבֶתozevet
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozevet” appears- the companionאַלּוּףaluf
companion
A close friend, the companion one grew up with and trusts.
Where else “aluf” appears- of her youthנְעוּרֶיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of her Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has forgottenשָׁכֵחָהshachecha
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachecha” appears
The context
16to rescue you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes smooth her sayings,
17 · This verse (above)
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the shades.